Achievements of NETRUZ in the Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Journal!

 Dear NETRUZ members,

We are pleased to tell you that the NETRUZ leaders - Ella Maksakova and Elyanora Menglieva - presented the community achievements in the November issue of Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Journal. You can read about the history, the beliefs, and the impact of the NETRUZ on English language teachers of Uzbekistan. 

You can learn more about the Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Journal!

You can also watch our interview video of the Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Journal!

Celebrating the Achievements: MenTRnet Festival Event and NETRUZ success stories newsletter

On June 8, 2024, NETRUZ presented at the MenTRnet Festival event. We are proud to say that the NETRUZ managed to build a collaborative teacher community which promotes teacher-led research, namely exploratory action research. The main aim of introducing exploratory action research is to enable English language teachers to share contextually appropriate methodologies that have developed through exploratory action research. 

NETRUZ organized various online and offline workshops, the first NETRUZ conference in Namangan, and teacher-research mentoring and exploratory action research training courses. All the events organized by NETRUZ were free as we want to support teachers' professional development and the incorporation of research-informed innovations in the classroom. We can definitely say that the NETRUZ has significantly impacted the quality of English language teaching in Uzbekistan, fostering an environment where teachers actively explore their classroom practices and adapt to evolving educational needs and students' expectations.

Watch the YouTube video of the NETRUZ presentation. 

You can also read the NETRUZ success stories.

Teacher-Research Training: 3rd cohort

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

NETRUZ: Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the next training on classroom-based research, namely exploratory action research, that will be organized online for English language teachers and teacher educators.

If you would like to improve your research skills, explore your teaching practices, and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and regular meetings, you should then JOIN our training program which will start on November 27, 2023!

This training is for English language teacher educators who would like to expand their knowledge and improve their teaching practices and research skills. The training will last for 2 months: December 2023 and January 2024.

• Are you a teacher who is interested in doing classroom-based research?
• Are you a teacher who is interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices?
• Are you working in a school, a university, a lyceum, or a college?
• Can you dedicate a minimum of three hours every week (or more if you like) to training and doing research?

If yes, please register your interest using the Google form till November 27, 2023. The link is here.

Best wishes,

NETRUZ

NETRUZ 2nd Cohort Training

 NETRUZ has launched the 2nd exploratory action research training for teachers of Uzbekistan. This training helps teachers learn how to explore their classrooms, identify challenges or successful practices, gain evidence to inform their further actions and bring change into their classrooms. It is good to see that the NETRUZ community is growing and the new leaders are taking the initiative to lead more trainings. NETRUZ is happy to announce the new Project Lead: Ella Maksakova.

Ella Maksakova has been in ELT for more than 10 years. Ella has got her MA in TESOL from Webster University.  Currently, she is working as a teacher of EAP for an undergraduate program and as a teacher trainer for MA TESOL program at Webster University in Uzbekistan.  In 2021 Ella joined a growing community of teacher researchers “NETRUZ” (Network of English Teacher Researchers of Uzbekistan) and one year later became a mentor. She contributed to the publication of the book about Uzbekistan teacher- researchers journey as a coeditor and a co-author. In March 2023 Ella became a project lead for the current cohort of local teacher researchers organized under the NETRUZ community. Her current research interests are teachers’ professional development, reflective teaching, and vocabulary learning strategies.

Also, NETRUZ is happy to have more mentors on board for the second round of exploratory action research training. 

More information about the NETRUZ new Champion teachers will be posted later. We, NETRUZ, believe in the continuous professional development of teachers.

Call for teacher researchers: Round 2

Dear English language teachers of Uzbekistan,

NETRUZ: Network of English Teacher Researchers in Uzbekistan is pleased to announce the opening of a new call for teacher-researchers who would like to be trained in classroom-based research. 

If you would like to improve your research skills, explore your teaching practices, and develop your collaborative and reflective learning through our workshops and regular meetings, you should then JOIN our training program which will start in January 2022!

This training is for experienced (over 2 years of teaching experience) teachers and practitioners who would like to expand their knowledge and improve their teaching practices and research skills.

• Are you a teacher who is interested in doing classroom-based research? 
• Are you a teacher who is interested in finding solutions and improving your classroom practices? 
• Are you working in a school, a university, a lyceum, or a college?
• Can you dedicate a minimum of three hours every week (or more if you like) to training and doing research? 

If yes, send your contact details (email, phone number, telegram number) and a brief personal statement (max. 100 words) outlining where you work (as a teacher) and why you are interested in this project to the following email: netruzproject@gmail.com by November 30, 2022.

Best wishes,
NETRUZ